by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Apr 29, 2019 | Forum, News
The previous newsletter referred to Stellenbosch Municipality’s draft Spatial Development Framework, which is open for public comment until May. The preamble to this framework explains that growth and development of settlements is inevitable and that certain...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Apr 29, 2019 | Forum, News
The city council of Cambridge, the university suburb of Boston, passed a new law on the 8th of April that mandates the addition of bicycle lanes on all streets due for upgrades. Although this process will happen slowly, Cambridge is now the most progressive cycling...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Apr 29, 2019 | Forum, News
Professor António Tomás’ book, In the skin of the city: Luanda or the dialectics of Spatial transformation, will soon be published by Duke University Press. According to Professor Tomás, who recently had a talk at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Studies...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 12, 2019 | Forum, News
In the past week, Stellenbosch Municipality has published a draft spatial development framework. There is now an opportunity for public comment before the framework is submitted to the Council for final approval in May. It is too early to comment in detail on the full...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 12, 2019 | Essays & Opinions, Forum, News
When and where did the human story begin? A short essay by Dr Jannette Deacon for the Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation describes what we currently know about the archaeology and history of the Stone Age people who lived in the vicinity of Stellenbosch and nearby...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 12, 2019 | Forum, News
The Japanese architect, Arata Isosaki, has received this profession’s highest international reward, the 2019 Pritzker Architecture Price. The fact that he grew up close to the bombed city, Hiroshima, facilitated the young Isozaki’s ideas on how to rebuild cities and...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 12, 2019 | Forum, News
A planned development at Maiden’s Cove, that included 54 bungalows, a boutique hotel with 100 rooms as well as retail and restaurant spaces, was stopped in court. Attorney Bill Gundelfinger contested the sale of the Maiden cove site to Vunani Capital. Judge President,...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Mar 11, 2019 | Forum, News
Three recently published books can inspire readers during the lengthening autumn evenings. Constance: One Road to Take – The Life and Photography of Constance Stuart Larrabee (1914-2000) by Peter Elliot, published independently Walter Gropius: Visionary Founder of the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jan 17, 2019 | News
This short essay describes what is currently known about the archaeology and history of the Stone Age people who lived in the vicinity of Stellenbosch and adjacent Winelands in the Western Cape before European colonisation. When and where did the human story begin?...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jan 17, 2019 | News
Boland Mountain Complex – Part of the CAPE FLORAL REGION PROTECTED AREAS WORLD HERITAGE SITE. Western Cape, South Africa Protected Area Management Plan 2019 – 2029
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Sep 20, 2018 | Forum, News
Kelvin Campbell, an innovator and world leader in urban design, will be speaking in Stellenbosch about the challenges currently facing towns and cities all over the world, including South Africa, on 25 September. Campbell’s lecture is important for anyone who...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Sep 20, 2018 | Forum, News
How do we celebrate heritage day? Here we have two examples: That of Albie Sachs at Maiden Cove and the e’Bosch programme in Stellenbosch. Judge Albie Sachs’s plan to participate in a peaceful protest against planned developments at Maiden Cove on...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Sep 20, 2018 | Forum, News
Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena has been named the 2018 laureate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Charles Jencks Award. The prize is given in recognition of an individual’s exceptional contributions to the field of architecture, both in...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Sep 20, 2018 | Forum, News
Zeitz MOCAA, the exciting and innovative Cape Town art gallery, is shortlisted for an award at the World Architecture Festival. This prestige festival annually selects a World Building of the Year. British architect Thomas Heatherwick restructured an old grain...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Sep 20, 2018 | Forum, News
The Mexican architect Frida Escobado has created a unique, distinctive pavilion using off-the-shelf materials for the Serpentine pavilion in London this year. This is where one of the world’s leading architects is given a chance to create a structure as one of...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jun 7, 2018 | News
The Stellenbosch Heritage Inventory and Management plan is innovative and authoritative and a significant achievement for Stellenbosch. Heritage Western Cape endorsed it on 23 May 2018. The inventory is an overview inventory for Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and the...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jun 7, 2018 | News
Fabio Todeschini was a tireless explorer of landscapes. As lecturer and head of the University of Cape Town’s School of Architecture and Urban Design and as a consultant and activist, he encour-aged fellow workers, students and fellow human beings in general to...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jun 7, 2018 | News
Opposition to provincial road engineers’ plans for the R44 between Somerset West and Stellenbosch increases. At the same time, there is no indication that engineers will adapt their key assumptions and approach. The latest development is that a consortium of...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | Jun 7, 2018 | News
Each of the first three items in this newsletter resonates with an episode from Stellenbosch’s history that Fabio Todeschini would have recalled drily. As a prospective student in architecture and town planning in the 1950s, Fabio Todeschini had a glimpse of...
by Stellenbosch Heritage Foundation | May 31, 2018 | News
Extreme weather is not the reason behind disasters such as the catastrophic flooding following Hurricane Harvey that hit Houston in August 2017. The blame should rather go to poor urban planning. This is the opinion of disaster expert Ilan Kelman on Dezeen. According...
